Prosecutors seek to keep $3.4M seized in raids of El Rodeo, others

9:52 PM,
Feb. 18, 2014

Written by

Justin L. Mack
justin.mack@indystar.com

Officials are looking to hang on to the more than $3.4 million confiscated last fall during raids at dozens of Mexican restaurants in Indianapolis and other locations across the state.

In a civil forfeiture lawsuit filed Friday, the Tippecanoe County prosecutor's office accuses El Rodeo's owners and other parties in the businesses of obtaining the money illegally. Therefore, the suit claims, the defendants should forfeit the money and return it to the criminal justice system.